We've been handed a card; can we play it?

The announcement last week that our national forest will produce the nation’s Capitol Christmas Tree (along with 70 others that will be distributed throughout the capital) might first seem like simply a bunch of fun hoopla.

But it’s also an opportunity for Sweet Home – to gain some attention.

This is a big deal. On Friday there were TV crews and newspaper reporters from Salem to Eugene on Weddle Bridge for the announcement. Local officials proclaimed that this is an opportunity for Sweet Home to promote itself, get some attention.